![]() ![]() In June 2022, Crews and Azeez were sent to NXT. ![]() ![]() As part of the 2021 Draft, both Crews and Azeez were drafted to the Raw brand. The match was the opening match of Friday Night SmackDown. On April 10th, WWE filed to trademark the Commander Azeez in-ring name with the USPTO (the United States Patent and Trademark Office) under the category. The announcement came after the team of Apollo Crews and Sami Zayn would lose to Big E and Kevin Owens, with Zayn taking the fall. He, and Intercontinental champion Apollo Crews, faced Big E and Kevin Owens in a tag team match. On tonight’s episode of SmackDown (June 11th), it was announced Apollo Crews’, Commander Azeez will make his in-ring debut next week. The filing for the trademark notes that it is for the following, “G & S: Entertainment services, namely, wrestling exhibitions and performances by a professional wrestler and entertainer rendered live and through broadcast media including television and radio, and via the internet or commercial online service providing wrestling news and information via a global computer network providing information in the fields of sports and entertainment via an online community portal providing a website in the field of sports entertainment information fan club services, namely, organizing sporting events in the field of wrestling for wrestling fan club members organizing social entertainment events for entertainment purposes for wrestling fan club members providing online newsletters in the fields of sports entertainment online journals, namely blogs, in the field of sports entertainment. On tonight’s episode of SmackDown (June 11th), it was announced Apollo Crews’, Commander Azeez will make his in-ring debut next week. Crews would then re-introduce him as Commander Azeez the following Friday on SmackDown, with no mention made of his previous time as Dabba-Kato on Raw, thus transferring to the SmackDown brand. After last week’s announcement, this week’s SmackDown (6/18) saw the much-anticipated debut of Commander Azeez. The Street Profits aim to build momentum heading toward Royal Rumble by taking on Apollo Crews & Commander Azeez. WWE applied to trademark the term ‘Commander Azeez’ on April 7th with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). ![]()
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